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APPLICATION TILED D1303, 1910.

Patented Aug. 29, 1911.

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CLAUDE BLAYLOCK, OF DUCK HILL, MISSISSIPPI.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

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Patented Aug. 29, 1911.

Application filed December 3, 1910. Serial No. 595,458.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, CLAUDE Bmrnoon, a citizen of the United States,residing at Duck Hill, in the county of hlontgomery and State ofMississippi, have invented certain new and useful ln'iprovements inSeats, of which the tollowii'ig is a specification, reterence being hadto the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved drivers seat and has for itsobject to provide a device of this character whereby the driver may becomfortably seated and all shocks and jars to the body of the vehicleassimilated by the scat supporting means.

Another object is to provide a drivers seat which is especially adaptedfor use upon agricultural machines, novel means being provided formounting the seat upon the machine frame, a suitable back rest beingassociated with the seat and adjustable with respect thereto.

A still further object 01 the invention is to provide a drivers seat andan umbrella or shade supporting means arranged at the back of the seat,said means being yieldingly held in position for movement upon thepressure of the drivers body against the same, said means carryin anadjustable back rest.

Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of the,novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of partshereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in theaccompany ing drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of adevice constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a top planview; Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 411 is asection taken on the line l et 01' Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a section taken onthe line 5 5 of Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is a detail perspective View of one ofthe spring seat supports; Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of thebearing plate carried by the seat; and Fig. 8 is a detail perspectiveview ot the adjustable back support.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings 5 indicates a bolster orcross bar and 6 the parallel longitudinal seat supporting bars. Theseseat supporting bars are curved at one end and formed into hooks 7 whichare adapted to engage over the tongue bolt 8. The bars (5 are rigidlysecured together by means of the sleeves 9 through which the connectingbolts 10 extend, said bolts being headed upon one end and l avingclamping nuts threaded upon their other ends to rigidly secure thesleeves and supporting bars together. Any number of these connectingnuanbers may be used but I pref? erably employ two, one of whichconnects the bars at their rear ends. the other being located adjacentto the cross bar 5.

The drivers seat, ll is disposed above the sujfniorting bar (lrearwardly ol the cross bar 5 and is supported upon the spring rods 12.The rear ends of these rods are bent at right angles and disposed in theends ot a hollow cylinder .13 which is arranged upon the seat supportingbars (5 adjacent to their rear ends. A plate 1.4: connects the bars (3and is disposed beneath the cylinder 13. clip 1.5 extends around thecylinder l3 and has its ends passed through apertures in said plate.Nuts 15 are threaded on the ends of said clip whereby the eylimlcr 13may be rigidly secured in position. The other ends of the spring rods 12are bent to :t'orm reversed books as shown at .16. One of these hooks isdisposed over the supporting bar (3, the other being arranged outside ofsaid bar to give the supporting rods the proper resiliency. plate 17substantially U-shaped in cross section is arranged upon the cross bar 5between the longitudinal bars (3, the ends of said plate being bentupwardly and disposed upon the outer faces of the bars (5 as shown at17. A yoke member 18 is arranged above the plate 17 and has a hookformed on each end for engagement upon the rods 19. A bolt 19 extendsthrough the lower plate 17 and through the yoke member 18. Upon theupper end of this bolt a win nut J0 is threaded and by adjusting thesame the yoke member is clamped upon the spring rods. The rods are thusrigidly held .in position at their ends upon the longitudinal bar (5,and the transverse U-shaped plate 17 also serves as an :ulditionalconnecting member between the longitudinal bars.

intermediate of their ends the rods 12 are each termed with a singlecoil 12'. The intermediate portion of this coil is straight and isdisposed in parallel relation to the main portions of the sup-portingrods. These straight portions of the coils are disposed upon the underside of the seat 11 and a bearing plate 21 is secured to said seatintermediate of its ends, the ends of said plate being bent as at 21" toreceive the straight portion of the coil 12. Thus the seat may be easilyand quickly removed when desired by simply removing the bearing plate21.

In order to protect the driver in inclement weather and from the sunsrays, I provide an umbrella support which is arranged upon the rear ofthe seat. This support comprises a standard 22 which is preferably oftubular form and at its lower end is bent as at 22 to provide aflattened portion. Beyond this flattened portion the extreme end of thestandard is again bent and disposed at right angles as shown at 22 Thisend of the standard is pivotally mounted upon an ear 23 formed upon theend of a rearwardly ex tending arm 23 which is secured to and extendsfrom beneath the seat 11. A Z- shaped rod 24 is disposed in the upperend of the tubular standard 22 and is adjustable therein. This rod issecured in its adjusted position by means of a set screw 25. The uppervertically disposed end of the rod is bored as shown at 26 to receivethe reduced end of the umbrella staff 27. This staff is adjustable inthe end of the rod 24 and is secured in its adjusted position by meansof the set screw 28. A back support 29 is vertically movable upon thestandard 22. This support is in the form of a bowed padded board 30 towhich is centrally secured the U-shaped clamping member 31. This clamping member is adapted to embrace the standard 22 and the ends thereofare adapted to be drawn together and clamped upon said standard by meansof the screw 32. The flattened portion 22 of the standard is providedwith an aperture through which a rod 33 ext-ends, said standard beingmovable upon said rod. The end of this rod is disposed beneath the seatand extends through the same and the arm 23, thereby serving as anadditional means of security for said arm. A nut 3% is threaded on theouter end of the rod 83 and a coiled spring 35 is disposed upon said rodbetween the nut and the standard. Thus it will be noted that thestandard is yieldingly supported in a vertical position at the rear ofthe drivers seat while at the same time it will readily give underthepressure of the drivers body during his natural movements occasioned bythe handling of the team.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have devised a very efficientand comparatively simple arrangement of parts whereby the seat ismounted upon the vehicle so that all shocks and jars which wouldotherwise be imparted to the seat are assimilated. The umbrella maybc-easily and quickly adjusted in the upper end of the standard as thesun rises or declines in the heavens so as to permit the driver toreceive the benefit of fresh air while at the same time protecting himfrom the rays of the sun. All parts of the device are of common form andmay be readily obtained at a minimum costthus rendering the devicecomparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

lVhile I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of theinvention and arrangement of the various parts, it will be understoodthat the same is susceptible of various modifications in the details ofconstruction without departing from the essential feature or sacrificingany of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is 1. In a device ofthe character described, the combination of spaced longitudinal parallelbars, a transverse bar extending beneath said bars adjacent to theirforward ends, a plurality of transverse connecting members arrangedbetween the bars, a U- shaped plate embracing the transverse bar betweenthe longitudinal bars and having its ends turned up on the outer facesof said bars, a seat disposed above and centrally between thelongitudinal bars, parallel resilient rods extending beneath said seat,means for securing the seat upon said rods, the forward ends of saidrods being each formed with a hook and engaged upon the longitudinalbars, a yoke member disposed above said U-shaped plate and engaged atits ends upon said rods, a bolt connecting said plate and yoke memberhaving a nut threaded upon its end for binding engagementwith saidmember to clamp the same on the rods and prevent their longitudinalmovement, and means arranged upon the rear ends of said longitudinalbars to hold the same against movement.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of spacedlongitudinal bars, a cross-bar extending beneath said longitudinal barsadjacent to their forward ends, means rigidly connecting saidlongitudinal bars, resilient supporting rods arranged above saidlongitudinal bars and bearing thereon at their forward ends, a retainingplate adjustable upon said cross bar and engaging said rods at theirforward ends to prevent longitudinal movement of the same upon saidlongitudinal bars, a sleeve fixed upon said longitudinal bars at theirends, said supporting rods extending into said sleeve, spring coilsformed with respect to said supporting rods, and a drivers seat mountedupon said coils.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of a driversseat and means for yieldingly supporting the same, a l'llbll' means foradj ustably holding an umbrella lar standard pivotally mounted in therear statl' in said rod and a baek support longiof said seat, a rodsecured to the seat ex- I tudinally adjustable on the standard. tendingthrough the standard adjacent its I In testimony whereof I hereuntoallix my lower end a coiled spring on said rod, a signature in thepresence of two Witnesses. nut threaded on the end of the rod engaging lCLAUDE BLAYLOCK. said spring, said spring normally holding \\"'itnesses:

said standard in a vertical position, a rod J C. ()Nmn,

adjustable in the upper end of said standard, I'IENRY BLAYLOGK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. 0.

